Farmingdale State 10, John Jay 4
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College baseball team picked up its sixth win in the last seven games on Thursday afternoon, as the Rams defeated John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 10-4.
Nine different players scored runs for the Rams (7-6), including seniors
Tyler DiRocco (Commack, N.Y.) and
Chris McGuggart (Bethpage, N.Y.), who came home in a two-run first inning against the Bloodhounds (6-8). McGuggart's RBI double to left field scored his classmate, before fellow senior
Jordan Lambert (Plainview, N.Y.) plated McGuggart on a single to right.
After John Jay tied the score at 2-2 in the road half of the third inning, FSC took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth when junior
Ryan Plocker's (Dix Hills, N.Y.) two-out single down the left-field line scored Lambert from second base.
Farmingdale State tacked on three more runs in the fifth frame, with DiRocco scoring on a one-out fielder's choice, freshman shortstop
Kaolis Delacruz (Levittown, N.Y.) coming home on a delayed steal of second base by junior
Richie Heyder (Holbrook, N.Y.), and then Heyder rounding out the scoring on McGuggart's sacrifice fly to right.
Senior outfielder
Justin DiMartino (Bethpage, N.Y.) and junior
Christian Villacci (Smithtown, N.Y.) added one run apiece in the sixth and seventh innings, respectively, upping the Rams' edge to 8-2. From there, the Bloodhounds and FSC scored two runs each in the eighth inning to account for the final score.
Lambert finished the afternoon 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI, while DiRocco, Delacruz and DiMartino each went 2-for-4. Junior left-hander
Michael Camardi (Syosset, N.Y.) moved to 3-0 on the mound with his 2.1 innings of one-hit ball, while DiRocco picked up his second save of the season with three strikeouts across his final 1.1 innings pitched after moving to the hill with the bases loaded in the eighth inning.
Farmingdale State opens Skyline Conference play at home on Sunday, when it welcomes University of Mount Saint Vincent for a noontime doubleheader.